Warped Tour has added Parkway Drive, Vanna, The City Shakeup and We The Kings to the line up for this summer.
The 2014 edition of the Vans Warped Tour will travel across America June 14 – August 3 and will include previously announced bands like Less Than Jake, Teenage Bottlerocket, Mixtapes, Saves The Day, The Ghost Inside, Terror, and more. Go here for an up-to-date list of acts.
All Hope Remains are apparently based in Australia, but I'm finding that hard to believe. Everything from the Euro-English stylings of their name, to the slightly metallic, melancholy-tinged sound screams 'Alienated European punks who grew up listening to Epi/Fat' to me. This isn't the type of Aussie punk that conjures images of board shorts, beers and 'barbies, it's something deeper and more brooding than that.
Their latest single 'Hit Rewind' is sure to tickle the fancy of skate punks across the world; the opening snare roll and subsequent harmonic-laden guitar riff rolling back the years to when Ten Foot Pole and Pennywise were hotter than an ill-prepared British tourist walking in the Australian sun.
What sets these guys apart is their knack for melody and the clarity of the vocals. Plenty of bands are tight and technical, but few also have hooks that stand out over the flurry of riffs and drums fills that skate punk is heaving with.
Check them out here.
Snore snore snore same old shit
Dying scene is right. Warped sucks. Corporate punk = no thanks. Overpriced bulllshit. Shitty sets for two seconds and bad bands. Zzzz
People who go to Warped are hipster wannabes to music lovers…I tried Warped and never again.
Maybe parkway drive won’t come back to Australia after warped. That would be cool.